Removable barrel-head



J. C. STREIBICH.

REMOVABLE BARREL HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1920,

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JOHN CHARLES STBEIBICH, 01' LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS;

REMOVABLE BARREL-HEAD.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 22, 1920.

Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial No. 357,467.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CHARLES STREIBICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Removable Barrel- Head, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in barrel heads and the invention particularly has for its object to provide a removable barrel head especially useful in connection with barrels for containing sugar and the like. The invention primarily has for its object to provide a device of this character of a simple and effective construction which can be manufactured at a minimum cost and which will effectively serve its intended purposes.

In its general nature the invention comprises a barrel head made up of sectlons at least one of which is in the form of a wedge and is adapted to be withdrawn through a recess in the edge of the barrel so as to contract the barrel head and permit its being removed from the barrel or replaced as de-- sired. The invention also includes the provision of means for securing the wedge in place and thereby holding the barrel head in its expanded position.

The invention furthermore resides in those novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described, then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the invention in use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the barrel and head, the latter being removed from the barrel.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the barrel head latch members interlock with the edge of the barrel.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 represents the barrel which may be of the ordinary structure and provided with the usual reinforcing hoops 2 and 3. The barrel is provided with the usual groove 4 to receive the head and when my invention is employed the edge of the barrel is cutaway as at 5 to form a passage through which the wedge sect1on of the head may be withdrawn and inserted as desired and the reinforcing hoop 3 1s inturned at 6 and is adapted to be secured to the barrel stave by the nails 7 whlch are used to secure the barrel head retaining latches hereinafter referred to.

In my invention the barrel head is composed of a plurality of sections 8-8 with the intermediate wedge section 9, the sections 8 and 9 preferably having tongue and groove connections 10 with one another, as shown, and the annular edge 11 of the sections 8 is referably beveled or otherwise shaped to t the groove 4 of the barrel 1 as is also the end of the section 9 of the head. The several head sections are secured together in operative relation by a plate 12 which is fastened at 13 to the wedge section 9 of the head and has slots 14 through which fastening members 15 that secure the plate 12 to the sections 88, pass. The wedge section 9 is of greater length than the diameter of the barrel so as to have an end 16 to extend in the cut away portion 5 of the barrel and it is provided with a recess 17 by which it may be engaged to pull the wedge section to the released position. 18-18 designates a pair of latch members secured at 19 to the wedge section 9 and adapted to pass into recesses 20 in the edge of the barrel adjacent to the cut away part 5, as shown in Fig. 1 (see also Fig. 4). The latches 18 are held in their engaging 'positions by the nails 7 (see Fig. 1) thus securely lockin the barrel head in place and preventing withdrawal of the wedge section 9 thereof.

It should be understood that the drawing illustrates the preferred embodiment of the invention which may be modified in its details to adapt it to the particular style of barrel in connection with which it is to be used and I call attention to the fact that the invention is not limited to the precise details of construction shown and described, but may be modified within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A barrel head comprising a plurality of sections, one of which constitutes a wedge, connections between the sections whereby as the wedge section is moved the other sections will be contracted or expanded according to the direction of movement of said wedge section, and a device carried by said wedge section for engaging the barrel to secure the several sections in the expanded barrel closing position.

2. A barrel head comprising a plurality of sections, one of which is of wedge shape, said sections being tongue and groove connected together, a plate securing the several sections together and having provision whereby said wedge section maybe moved with relation to the other sections to contract and expand the sections, said wedge section being of greater length than the diameter of the barrel head, as a whole, and means adapted to engage a barrel for holding the sections in the barrel clo'sin position.

3. In combination with a arrel having a head groove and a portion cut away at the edge of the barrel adjacent to the head groove, of a sectional head, the sections of which include a wedge member adapted to be inserted and withdrawn through said cut away portion of the barrel edge, means connecting the several sections of the barrel head together into a unitary structure and having provision to permit the wedge section to be withdrawn andinserted to contract and expand theremaining sections,

and means whereby said wedge section may be secured against movement.

4. In combination with the barrel? having a head groove and a portion removed adjacent to the head groove, of a barrel head consisting of a plurality of sections, one of which constitutes a wedge, the wedge section being of a greater length than the diameter of the barrel head as a whole and adapted to roject into said removed portion of the arrel, and a latch carried by said wedge section and adapted to enga e with the barrel to hold the barrel hea sections in place.

5. In combination with the barrel having a head groove and a portion removed adjacent to the head groove, of a barrel head consisting of a plurality of sections, one of which constitutes a wedge, the wedge section being of a greater length than the diameter of the barrel head as a whole and adapted to project into said removed portion of the barrel, a latch carried by said wedge section and adapted to engage with the barrel to hold the barrel head sections in place, said latch including a portion projecting into the space formed by the removed portion of the barrel and adapted to be nailed to the edge of the barrel space substantially as shown and described.

JOHN CHARLES STREIBICH. 

